Editing Alec Stewart (section)

{{short description|English cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Alec Stewart
|    honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
|               image = AlecStewart.jpg
|             country = England
|            fullname = Alec James Stewart
|              height = 5 ft 10 in
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|4|8|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Merton Park]], England
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
|                role = [[Wicket-keeper-batsman]]
|              family = [[Micky Stewart]] (father)
|            nickname = The Gaffer
|       international = true
|   internationalspan = 1989–2003
|       testdebutdate = 24 February
|       testdebutyear = 1990
|    testdebutagainst = West Indies
|             testcap = 543
|        lasttestdate = 8 September
|        lasttestyear = 2003
|     lasttestagainst = South Africa
|        odidebutdate = 15 October
|        odidebutyear = 1989
|     odidebutagainst = Sri Lanka
|              odicap = 104
|         lastodidate = 2 March
|         lastodiyear = 2003
|      lastodiagainst = Australia
|            odishirt = 4
|               club1 = [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]
|               year1 = 1981–2003
|             columns = 4
|             column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
|            matches1 = 133
|               runs1 = 8,463
|            bat avg1 = 39.54
|           100s/50s1 = 15/45
|          top score1 = 190
|         deliveries1 = 20
|            wickets1 = 0
|           bowl avg1 = –
|            fivefor1 = –
|             tenfor1 = –
|       best bowling1 = –
|  catches/stumpings1 = 263/14
|             column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
|            matches2 = 170
|               runs2 = 4,677
|            bat avg2 = 31.60
|           100s/50s2 = 4/28
|          top score2 = 116
|         deliveries2 = 0
|            wickets2 = –
|           bowl avg2 = –
|            fivefor2 = –
|             tenfor2 = –
|       best bowling2 = –
|  catches/stumpings2 = 159/15
|             column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
|            matches3 = 447
|               runs3 = 26,165
|            bat avg3 = 40.06
|           100s/50s3 = 48/148
|          top score3 = 271[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries3 = 502
|            wickets3 = 3
|           bowl avg3 = 148.66
|            fivefor3 = 0
|             tenfor3 = 0
|       best bowling3 = 1/7
|  catches/stumpings3 = 721/32
|             column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
|            matches4 = 504
|               runs4 = 14,771
|            bat avg4 = 35.08
|           100s/50s4 = 19/94
|          top score4 = 167[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries4 = 4
|            wickets4 = 0
|           bowl avg4 = –
|            fivefor4 = –
|             tenfor4 = –
|       best bowling4 = –
|  catches/stumpings4 = 442/48
| medaltemplates =  <!-- Mention Host Names for Team Sports-->
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{{Medal|RU|[[1992 Cricket World Cup|1992 Australia and New Zealand]]|}}
|                date = 14 October
|                year = 2007
|              source = http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/PLAYERS/ENG/S/STEWART_AJ_01001953/ Cricinfo
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'''Alec James Stewart''' {{post-nominals|OBE}} (born 8 April 1963) is an English former cricketer, and former captain of the [[England cricket team]], who played [[Test cricket]] and [[One Day International]]s as a right-handed [[wicket-keeper-batsman]]. He is the fifth-most-[[Cap (sport)|capped]] English cricketer ever in [[Test cricket|Test matches]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_career.html?class=1;id=1;type=team |title=Records/England/Test Matches/Most Matches |publisher=stats.espncricinfo.com }} Retrieved on 3 September 2011</ref> and third-most-capped in [[One Day International]]s (ODIs), having played in 133 Tests and 170 ODIs. An attacking batsman in tests against the new ball, Stewart is regarded as one of England's greatest openers. Pakistani fast bowler [[Wasim Akram]] considers him one of the most difficult batsmen he ever bowled to.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not applicable--> |date=1 September 2003 |title=Alec Stewart: 133 and out |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/sep/02/cricket |website=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref> He was a part of the English squad which finished as [[1992 Cricket World Cup final|runners-up]] at the [[1992 Cricket World Cup]].